What's Cooking This Week--Leftovers Roulette

04/09/2012

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There were no leftover cookies. Or Robin's eggs.
Easter was a great time with the ohana. It is duly noted that cold hard cash ($3), Avengers squinkies and robins' eggs made for a very entertaining yet moderately priced Easter egg hunt for the teenagers.

While there were no leftover Easter cookies, there are  leftovers that are nearly complete meals. I love a good game of Leftovers Roulette. I'm aiming to go the whole week on our leftovers. Especially since the huge batch of Greek Salad I made for Easter did not make it to the serving area...there's always one that gets forgotten.
Here's what's being "re-purposed" this week. Leftovers include a Costco chicken, Honey Baked Ham, grilled salmon and LOTS of Greek Salad.

Monday
Chicken Divan, using part of a Costco Chicken and the leftover broccoli from late last week.
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My Daddy's Killer Fried Rice
Tuesday
Salmon burgers with some cucumber yogurt sauce and Greek Salad. Time to find that salmon cakes recipe. 

Wednesday
Leftover quiche and creating a chicken with pasta Greek Salad. 

Thursday
Fried rice, with Honey Baked Ham, and what should be the last of Greek Salad

Friday
The rest of the Costco Rotisserie Chicken. Using Portuguese Sausage Stuffing recipe but swapping the leftover Honey Baked Ham for sausage. 
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One of the side bonuses of Easter
And of course, egg-salad sandwiches on toasted wheat bread every day this week. Perfectly Hard Boiled Eggs works well in batches, as long as the eggs have a little space around them. No changes to the sitting or boiling time.

Lastly, I apologize for the temporary downtime on the site today, and thank the hardworking people at Weebly for getting everything back and running so quickly. 

Eat Well. Be Well.
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Hot Cross Buns, Dim Sum, Sushi and Some Vowels for Easter

04/08/2012

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Even though all the kids are teenagers and college-aged, they still like the tradition of an Easter egg hunt and coloring eggs. This year's filling was more traditional--robin's eggs, gummy lifesavers in assorted Easter shapes and Avengers squinkies. However, the big winner is Cheezits scrabble letters. We'll see whether we get SAT or NC-17 words.
20 people cannot survive on Cheezits and candy alone, particularly teenagers. Our Easter brunch is a potluck for at least twice as many people that attend. Everyone gets leftovers. While we always look to try new recipes, there are also specific items that are required. For Easter, it's sushi, dim sum, quiches, hot cross buns and hard boiled eggs. Like the Easter egg hunt for teenagers, this is what makes the holidays so comforting. Mostly tried and true with a few changes thrown in over the years. With that, here's what we're eating for brunch tomorrow.
Baked Ham--from my cousin
Grilled salmon--salt, pepper, lemon and dill
2-3 TBD quiches--from my cousin and our friends
Homemade TBD potatoes--either fresh hash browns or roasted lemon potatoes
Roasted asparagus from the Contessa
Greek Salad
Inari sushi--which can be brown-egg shaped, if you squint or have a good imagination.
Dim sum--de rigeur for any Sunday brunch, brought from Chinatown by my cousin
Hot cross buns
Coffee cake & orange pound cake
Fresh fruit
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Enjoy a fine Easter Sunday. May you have good weather and no rotten eggs.

Eat Well. Be Well.
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Ad Hoc Easter Brunch and an Easter Egg Hunt for Teenagers

04/22/2011

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We're having an email-arranged Easter brunch with cousins and friends. Plus an Easter egg hunt for a bunch of teenagers. 

Yes, that unpredictable, quixotic, sometimes-vexing-and-often-times-mute 13-17 year-old demographic. I'm very happy that they are not too old to do this. 

They are stuffed with, among other things, micro-origami paper, some fluffy chickies, ceramic Japanese bunnies (they're wearing kimono!) mini-Robin's eggs, and Japanese soda candy--a fun, fizzy hard candy that comes in melon, grape and an undefined "soda" flavor. American-Asian at its finest.

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And of course, we have to eat. What I love about eating with the ohana is that we bring what we like, and it always ends up well-balanced and just plain ono.

Ham and lamb (but no Spam)
Hot cross buns, after all, it's Easter!
Muffins du jour: Sour cream blueberry, a new strawberry muffin (recipe from People Magazine, of all places) and maybe a smoked salmon/gorgonzola (from a new foodie online friend)
My husband's scones
Quiche--ingredient combo TBD
Inari sushi--because you always need a little rice. Thank you Aunty!!
Fresh mango salsa and something that goes with it
Vegetables--Whatever lovely greens my cousin comes up with
Fresh fruit--strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and tangerines, Asian pear and even a starfruit!

Eat Well. Be Well. Celebrate Spring!
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